| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR WORK OR WORK -RELATED ACTIVITIES AS AN 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | ALTERNATIVE REMEDY TO INCARCERATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | DETERMINED TO BE DELINQUENT ON CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS. 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 50-13.4(f) reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | "(f) Remedies for enforcement of support of minor children shall be available as follows: 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | … 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | (9) An order for the periodic payments of child support or a child support 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | judgment that provides for periodic payments is enforceable by proceedings 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | for civil contempt, and disobedience may be punished by proceedings for 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | criminal contempt, as provided in Chapter 5A of the General Statutes. 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 1-294, an order for the payment of 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | child support which has been appealed to the appellate division is enforceable 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | in the trial court by proceedings for civil contempt during the pendency of the 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | appeal. Upon motion of an aggrieved party, the court of the appellate division 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | in which the appeal is pending may stay any order for civil contempt entered 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | for child support until the appeal is decided, if justice requires. 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | As a special condition of a contempt order, the court may direct the person 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | into job search or dually specific education training. If the court selects this 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | option, the court shall review the person's progress in 30-day intervals, at a 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | minimum, unless the person is enrolled and actively participating in 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | work-specific training. The person's enrollment in work-specific training shall 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | not exceed six months and the person shall satisfy all the following 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | requirements: 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | a. Pay a minimum of fifty dollars ($50.00) monthly of child support. 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | b. Notify the court upon completion from work-specific training. 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | c. Notify the court within 14 days of failing to satisfy the attendance 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | requirements of work-specific training. 29 |
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| 41 | 42 | | …." 30 |
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| 42 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 31 |
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